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A popular teacher of Buddhism once spoke about the ease with which one is able to generate feelings of loving-kindness and compassion in solitary retreat, when there is no one around. (Photo: AP)

Mystic Mantra: Sweetness of compassion

Making a strong intention to practice means there is a greater chance that we will remember to do so when we really need...

30 Nov 2016 3:14 AM IST

A child holds a portrait of Fidel Castro as mourners arrive to visit the memorial site for the late leader at the Revolution Plaza in Havana, Cuba. (Photo: AP)

Fidel was no Stalin, more like Ho

Cubans seemed to have silently rebutted the lopsided American view by sticking to Castro the Cuban leader rather than...

30 Nov 2016 2:57 AM IST

A view of Digital India Pavilion at the 36th India International Trade Fair (IITF-2016) at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

Cash is pro-people, only rich love digital

The purest currency in people's economies is life, love, communion and trust.

30 Nov 2016 2:38 AM IST

All India Students Federation and Chhtrara Janadhikar Party activists stop a train during the Bharat Bandh called by Left parties to protest against demonetization in Patna on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

Misplaced priorities

Let the Opposition change tack and press for a debate on taking black money out of party funding and running election...

30 Nov 2016 2:32 AM IST

Al Qaeda activists being produced at the Judicial Magistrate Court at Melur in Madurai district on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Radicalisation poses challenge to society

As a society, we have been somewhat accustomed to the problem of radicalisation.

30 Nov 2016 2:28 AM IST

President-elect Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

Mirror, mirror

There is a considerable irony in this, given how often we have wistfully asked when Pakistani democracy will become like...

29 Nov 2016 3:50 AM IST

Mystic Mantra: Spirit of detachment

Karmas don't bind you, it is attachment to karma and its fruits, that does.

29 Nov 2016 1:02 AM IST

In the 1860s, James Clerk Maxwell had predicted that electrical and magnetic disturbances are interrelated and travel in the form of an electromagnetic wave. (Representational image)

Discoveries take science by surprise

Einstein went for a completely new version of gravitation which he called the general theory of relativity.

29 Nov 2016 12:44 AM IST

People queue up outside an ATM to withdraw money in Hyderabad. (Photo: PTI)

Cashless in India: The last straw?

Modi says it is all for the greater good of the nation and people must bear the pain for 50 days.

29 Nov 2016 12:25 AM IST

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley speaks in Washington. President-elect Donald Trump choice for United Nations ambassador, Haley, has limited foreign policy experience. (Photo: AP)

Nikki at UN: A good chance for inclusivity

Ms Haley is an inspiring example, particularly to minority women.

29 Nov 2016 12:13 AM IST

Pakistans army senior officer Lt. Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa attends a military exercise in Khairpur Tamiwali, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)

Pak: Don't expect change

Bajwa has considerable experience dealing with Kashmir and will use his knowledge and expertise to advance the Pakistan...

29 Nov 2016 12:13 AM IST

Khalistan Liberation Force chief Harminder Singh Mintoo comes out after being produced at Patiala House Court in New Delhi on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

Jailbreak in Punjab: Probe it thoroughly

Those in authority cannot take the tack that they can now breathe easy as the terrorist who escaped has been got back.

29 Nov 2016 12:13 AM IST